Huge Doping / Corruption News

German ARD Report Round II:Leaked IAAF Doping Files Reveal “Extraordinary Extent Of Cheating”German journalist Hajo Seppelt reports that an IAAF database of blood values shows that a third of medals won at Olympics and Worlds between 2001 and 2012 came from athletes who have recorded “suspicious” blood values (800 of the 5,000 athletes on record were marked “suspicious”). The IAAF responded, and the reports admit that the blood values alone aren’t proof of doping.

Recommended Watch:View The Full ARD Documentary In EnglishThe report includes an extraordinary amount of damning evidence (hidden cameras and documents) against Russia and Kenya. Injections and doping talk caught on tape, federations taking bribes form athletes, and general corruption and apathy towards doping.

Sprints / Jumps

Yohan Blake Says Patience Is Key In His Comeback From Injury Blake is slowly improving, running an Irish soil record of 10.12 last week. “The toughest thing about coming back has been the mental part of it. Knowing that the body has healed but in the back of your mind it was to overcome that you could go out there and perform and not be afraid to run fast.”

Japan 2020 News and Rio 2016 News

Tokyo 2020 Logo Designer Denies Plagiarism Charge “If you’re creative, you never start from zero and are influenced by a lot of things just through daily life. But it’s also a point of pride that as somebody creative, you would never plagiarize.”

Q&A With Genzebe Dibaba On Her 1,500 WR Dibaba knew she was in shape to go after the 1,500 WR when she was training for the 5,000 and ran a 6 x 800m workout with 5 reps in the low 2:0x-range and then 1:58 for the last one.

DyeStat HighlightsVashti Cunningham won the women’s HJ, setting the AJR (and HS record) at 6-5. Noah Lyles ran a very wind-aided 10.07 in the semis and then got silver in the final with 10.18; Cuba’s Reyneir Mena won in 10.17.

Come On, Brits – Really?On-The-Rise Steepler Lennie Waite Fails In Her World Champs Appeal Waite has PRed for her last two races, but wasn’t selected because she only ran the selection standard once, not twice. With the resources of UK Athletics, there is no excuse for this. Euro 10,000 silver medalist Andy Vernon also failed in his appeal.

Deplorable:Russian Officials Continue To Respond With “Deny, Deny, Deny” Russia sports minister Vitaly Mutko: “This scandal doesn’t have to do with Russia, it has to do with the world system of track and field athletics.” The athletes and coach who were recorded for the documentary blame “clever editing.”

Q&A With Steepler Shalaya Kipp She jokes that her proudest running accomplishment is beating her boyfriend (a sub-1:50 800 guy) in a 200 sprint back to their apartment at the end of their Saturday run together.

Dutee Chand Aims To Qualify For Rio Olympics After CAS Verdict We 100% disagree with this statement from Payoshni Mitra: “This verdict upholds the notion of gender equality in sports. … I feel this verdict will pave the way for a more inclusive, fairer sporting culture.” Letting people with internal testicles compete as women is absurd.

LA Native Alan Abrahamson Before The Announcement:Hey, Boston 2024, It’s Not The USOC – It’s YouAlan Abrahamson doesn’t hold back and accuses the Boston 2024 bid of dishonesty in this piece written before Boston was dropped. Regardless, it’s now time to move on to LA where the city council unanimously supports the bid and 70% of the population as well.